/v/ - Video Games

>>15720139

>Games

For some reason I really love the sort-of spin-off games where link goes on a random adventure totally unrelated to Hyrule. Specifically Majora's Mask and Link's Awakening. Just behind those is the Gamecube version of Wind Waker which I think really captured an epic feel for the main series conflict with it's post apocalyptic setting.

>Characters

I claim Malon as my faming elf waifu.

>Netflix

Inb4 it's pozzed

>Ultimate

I'm a boomer who only plays games from the 1920's and earlier

>love for the series

Zelda to me is the basic level of what a game should be. When I think of a textbook definition video game I think of Zelda 1. I also really like the mix of gameplay styles from combat to puzzle solving to exploration, it's a nice mix that just feels great so long as it's not being turned to shit by excessive tutorials and waggle non-sense (Fuck Skyward Sword, last one I played, first one I didn't beat.).

>>15720155

What scares me is it was a series of games back on the N64 that were easy for kids, but now the designers feel even those games are too hard based on the 3DS remakes. It's like they're making their games not even for children anymore but for special needs children. Is society getting more retarded or are Nintendo? Both.

>favourite games?

ALttP, The Minish Cap, The Oracle games

>favourite characters?

Vaati, Ganondorf, Riju

>thoughts on the rumoured netflix series?

It's going to be horrible

>will you main a zelda character in Ultimate? will link still be bottom tier?

I'll probably be maining Simon. I mained Zelda back in Sm4sh tho.

>any personal reasons on why you like this series so much?

Dunno. But the minish cap reminds me of better times as an elementary schooler. Maybe that's why i like it so much.

>>15720250

I think it worked well in Spirit Tracks as its showing New Hyrule's progression.

I suppose Majora's Mask is the only game were it's almost purely technological. Not a great emphasis on magic with the exception of the great fairies.

>>15720139

>favourite games?

LTTP, MM, Oracle games, Minish Cap, Link's Awakening, Zelda II

>favourite characters?

Mask Salesman

>thoughts on the rumoured netflix series?

I dunno

>will you main a zelda character in Ultimate? will link still be bottom tier?

<Smash

<2002 + 15

>any personal reasons on why you like this series so much?

It was one of the first games I played, so I stuck with it.

>>15720246

I think the main problem was that it had the shitty stylus controls that everyone despised in the last one.

>>15720139

>favourite games?

MM, LA, the Oracle games, really you can't go wrong with the 2D ones.

>thoughts on the rumoured netflix series?

No fuck jesus why.

>will you main a zelda character in Ultimate? will link still be bottom tier?

Probably and probably.

>any personal reasons on why you like this series so much?

I love swords and sorcery adventure stuff, and i love puzzles. I really think more games could use the exploration based progression system rather than kill a bunch of shit and you're stronger now.

>>15720246

The DS games remain the only ones i never played because fuck touch screen controls.

>>15720250

>Japane... i mean Sheikah are capable of making crazy shit like laser swords and giant mechs

>Hyrulians are still in charge anyways

Lore in BotW went full retard in a lot of ways.

>>15720286

>because fuck touch screen controls.

The touch screen controls are pretty good except when you have to guide Zelda along. The worst part has to be how you have to blow into the microphone to play the flute

>>15720290

They were objectively awful gimmicks that gave you less freedom of movement than traditional controls. It was purely a shoehorned in gimmick to (poorly) show off the touch screen like so many other, mostly early, DS games. What's the point in forcing the player to use the stylus for movement, when d-pad movement is less restrictive and had been the gold standard for decades?

>>15720290

Touch screen controls just kinda suck for these games. Even if they're acceptable they will never be as good as a dpad. God the touchscreen ruined a bunch of potentially good games.

>>15720324

>Well, BotW varies depending on my mood. It seems like squandered potential to me.

Think it really comes down to the next game. If they nix weapon durability, add in more enemies, get rid of the magic ipad and bring back items, and most importantly have dungeons… then it could be amazing. BotW was a hell of an experimental title for the series and i hope they learn from it.

this reads like a shitty datamining thread.

>>15720367

>talking about games is datamining

I want cuckchan fucking gone.

>>15720139

>favourite games?

1, 2, ALTTP, LA, Oracles

>favourite characters?

Marin, Malon, Maple, Link has a healthy harem of girls that start with M

>thoughts on the rumoured netflix series?

I hope it never ever happens.

>will you main a zelda character in Ultimate? will link still be bottom tier?

I co-mained Zelda in 4, so if she's still as good, or similar, then I will continue to main her.

Hopefully Link isn't bottom tier but becomes more balanced to be the average jack-of-all-trades he's supposed to be.

>any personal reasons on why you like this series so much?

The original Zelda is the first game I ever received for Christmas and owned myself. The year I got Zelda for Christmas my brother was getting a Mega Drive, so I inherited the NES as a hand-me-down, keep the younger kid happy thing, along with his copy of Zelda 2, which I already loved, so I begged my parents for the first game.

I was also sickly as a kid and couldn't go outside and play as much as I liked, so I lived vicariously by exploring Hyrule. When I grew up I wanted to be strong and healthy enough to go on adventures like Link, and I wanted a Triforce on the back of my hand just like Link's in the Zelda 2 manual.

>>15720269

Melee fags get out.

Random thought, but re-playing BOTW it feels more like a proof-of-concept tech-demo than an actual Zelda game. The world and gameplay is nice the first time around, and I'm not one to complain about the world being too "empty" (I actually like it when game devsdon't feel the need to jampack tombs and crypts and shit every five steps so you get some sense of scale and wilderness), but it just feels to be missing the actual Zelda content. The quests and the dungeons and the item progression is all fucked up.

Keep the basics, get rid of breakable weapons, and add in more meaningful NPCs with fun and interesting quest lines and useful items that you acquire through dungeons and BOTW2: Breath of the Wilder could be GOTYAY.

I think I prefer BOTW to most except OOT and MM, but I can't get over how easily botw could've been so much better.

Why did they not introduce any new races? It's ok that you got to hang out with the sheikah this time around but they're just Hyperjapan: The Race, which wasn't that exciting.

Also the awful enemy variety just kills the game. Everyone who makes open world games knows you got add different enemies into different zones, not fill it with bokoblins and moblins 100%. At least the lizalfos were themed in that they hung around water and ice.

I hate to say it but skyrim did the open world much better. You had the wandering herds of mammoths and their giants, the dragons flying about, different environments had different threats. You had the underdark for variety's sake, etc. Even the cities were better.

You can't even dive properly in breath of the wild, something you could do in oot. The zoras domain should've been a big atlantis style biodome under a lake or something.

>>15720375

how about you go, shitbrain. and take your thinly-veiled surveys with you.

>>15720418

>No U!

Peak cuckchan bantz

>>15720388

BOTW failed both as a Zelda game and open world game, the fucked thing is it could have worked as both if the team worked harder.

>>15720139

>favourite games?

Hard to say. A Link to the Past is probably the most complete and well rounded game in the series. I like all of the games up through the 6th gen quite a bit. Nothing after Twilight Princess is really worth playing in my opinion.

>favourite characters?

I've always had an affinity for the bird people from Wind Waker for some reason.

>thoughts on the rumoured netflix series?

It's probably going to be trash. You just know they're going to use the Zelda/Sheik thing as an excuse to shoehorn trannies.

>will you main a zelda character in Ultimate? will link still be bottom tier?

Probably. I've playing Link in Smash ever since I was a kid even though he's such a low tier character.

>any personal reasons on why you like this series so much?

It does, or did, a very good job of merging a bunch of different types of gameplay together.

>>15720360

I'm just thankful that non-touch screen controls got patched in by modders.

>>15720246

Does Darknut Zelda have her girl voice or the darknut's voice?

>>15721040

She uses her own voice. The phantoms don't really have voices of their own, as far as I can tell.

>>15721050

>BOTW was a bad game.

I respect your opinion.

>>15721145

Epic have an upvote.

>favourite games?

Twilight Princess

>favourite characters?

Ganon

>thoughts on the rumoured netflix series?

I'm okay with it as long as there are no niggers

>will you main a zelda character in Ultimate? will link still be bottom tier?

Already chose Simon Belmont

>any personal reasons on why you like this series so much?

Mainly two reasons:

1-Because technically i grew up with the franchise

2-Because it's Zelda draws strong influence from European mythology and i'm fascinated with my land's myths

>Favorite games

Link to the Past, OOT. Link's awakening too, but it's been awhile since I played that. MM also in there. Those 4 are the best 2d and 3d

>Favorite characters

eh. I love the design of many characters like Skull Kid, the gerudo, the zora, but I don't have a specific favorite character. Groose and Ghirahim were great characters though.

>rumored netflix series

Could be good, could be shit.

>Zelda in smash

Young link is Top tier/one of the strongest characters, which is fun.

Definitely will try him out, along with zelda.

>Why do you like this series so much

I enjoyed the 2D because of the mixture of exploration, simple yet enjoyable combat, puzzles, and grand overworld and amount of content. For its time, LTTP and OOT were huge. Same with LA for the gameboy. The series was just right, now it's way too easy and casualized and with each iteration the series become easier. BOTW is the shittiest zelda because it's not a zelda.

2d:

LA > LLTP > Oracles > LBW > minish > LoZ > LoZ2 > spirit tracks >>>>>>>>>>>> Phantom hourglass

3d:

OOT = MM > WW > TP > SS > BOTW

>>15721050

It was a good game. But it could have been with some basic competence been much better. It was nintendos first open world game and it shows.

>best games

OoT, MM, Oracle of Ages/Seasons, LttP, Link's Awakening

>favorite characters

Malon, Skull Kid, the girl with the fox mask in MM who always runs around in the back area

>thought's on kikeflix's series of it

It'll be pozzed garbage, and I hope it dies in development so no one has to see that dumpster fire.

>will you main one in smash?

Don't have any newer consoles so n/a.

>reason for liking series

The atmosphere is really comfy, and while the games arent hard for the most part, some of the areas in OoT and MM are confusing and challenging. Oracle of Ages in particular is my all-time favorite, and Jabu-Jabu's Belly in that game was ridiculously hard when I first did it.

>>15721481

>girl with the fox mask in MM

>kafei

>girl

Anon…

>>15720139

>favourite games?

A link to the Past and Ocarina of Time

but all similar games from that same era were pretty good, like Majora Mask as well and Wind Waker

>any personal reasons on why you like this series so much?

simply because they marked my childhood and teenage years, with great adventures, great music, nice setting, good gameplay and interesting puzzles

but I wouldn't go to the fanboy point of crying manchild screeches of nostalgia joy about it, I liked it and would probably enjoy playing it again, but that as much as its purpose its for

>thoughts on the rumoured netflix series?

first I've heard about, if the art is in the standard of that webm you posted about, then I'd say it could be pretty good stuff, lets see how the writing turns out.

>>15720139

>not even one mention of EXCUSE ME PRINCESS

trash movie.

>>15721525

IIRC one if the devs wife told them to make link a bishie when OOT was in development. And then link was a bitch boy from then on.

It might just be a Japanese thing.

>>15721541

>favourite games?

2D: ALTTP, ALBW,

3D: They're all mediocre haven't played MM, but if I had to pick one it would be Twilight Princess

>favourite characters?

Zant before the last chapters

>thoughts on the rumoured netflix series?

I hope it's bullshit. They ruined Castlevania and they'll ruin Witcher.

>will you main a zelda character in Ultimate? will link still be bottom tier?

Adol

>any personal reasons on why you like this series so much?

I don't. I think it's a great game to show off launch hardware and all that stuff. However as games they've been nothing but mediocre. Breath of the Wild is a good example of a launch title where it shows what the system can do and allows you to fuck around for a bit, but in the end it's just a shallow Skyrim clone with too much empty flatlands, shitty framerate and too much mountain climbing. Additionally I'd argue the aspects that made OoT such a big hit were expanded upon by both DMC and GTA, leaving OoT to just be a product of its time. Since Nintendo is making a Switch Pro, I'd like them to bump the framerate from 30 to 60. Although knowing Japanese developers the physics are probably tied to the framerate, and the experimentation is probably the most interesting thing to come out of that game. In any case Zelda needs a new director, Aonuma is a hack.

>>15721571

Link was always a crossdressing bishie with 80s androgynous glam hair.

>>15720139

Nu-Link is a faggot.

>>15720184

Yes.

Eyebrow Zelda from BotW is who I find most attractive. Probably because her personality matches my tastes of wanting to learn ancient tech to help her people if she couldn't find her power. But lol nope only triforce and Link can defeat Ganon. Ass aside she's got the right amount of hip and breast too.

Fucking sucks that BotW just gets too easy with the right gear and food/potions if you can master flurry rush. I hope next time we get a world like the original with danger and scarce resources. But the games are being made for mentally handicapped nu soys that want cinematic experiences.

Can I get the BOTW what I expected and what I got with it being a old LOZ pic with link climbing but in the end instead of a doungen it had a stupid trial.

>>15723127

I'm a fan of Marin personally. I know Marin technically isn't Zelda but she's dream Zelda to me. As for my favorite Link, my guilty pleasure is cartoon Link. Every other Link is an avatar. Wind Waker Link and Skyward Sword Link have their moments but I like the rogue-ish nature of cartoon Link, except when he says "excuse me princess".

>>15721299

I think the open world parts were great as far as open world goes. Lots to interact with and the different movement options just make it fun to explore. If in the sequel they put in some real dungeons, more enemy variety, make eating food/potions take time so you can't cheese difficult fights and polish up the difficulty a bit so just grabbing a bit better armor doesn't negate it, they would have an amazing game.

>>15723273

Using the same engine as BotW, but inverse the theme. Have scarce resources but abundant artisan labor. The quality of goods are better. Weapons dull, not break, and can be repaired, but aren't as many. Weapons can also be bartered on three black market. You also have limited inventory space so you carry bottles for medicine and elixirs instead of food. Meals can only be eaten at pubs and campfires but give potent effects like extra refillable hearts instead of temp hearts for 1 full game day. Remove armor rating and just have costumes for skills (plate male gives bonus defense but expends more stamina to run and climb) and accessories for permanent upgrades (power bracelet, blue ring, Zora scale, etc.).

Also if we have one new gameplay concept to replace the Shiekah slate then can we have rope? You can literally use rope for anything rope can be used for. You can tether onto the rope and swing or pull. You can throw the rope in a lasso to tie enemies and animals. You can tether what you lasso'd onto anything: your horse, a wagon, an arrow shot into a rolling log, yourself with iron boots on, etc. One idea I had with a rope is you can tether yourself to your horse, jump off and "kite" with your paraglider dropping Deku nuts and bombs behind you. When you're done you pull yourself to the horse and regain control or you can cut the rope and sail free. Boring but practical uses of rope would be to shoot an arrow between two wooden posts and zip line between them. Or throw it on a pillar and climb the wall if too slippery to climb. And maybe set up the rope as a trip wire in a dark cavern to pull a flintbox and ignite a bomb trap.

Apologies to gush about rope. I don't think CDi ruined the idea of rope in a Zelda game. And let's get NoE to do voice acting this time. Treehouse fucking sucks.

>>15723103

It's made by feminist, and their beta orbiters. That's all you need to know.

this thread needs a little more rule 34

Favorite game has to be Minish Cap. It's not the best design wise, but there's just something really wholesome about it, and I still feel it when I play it today.

>playing majora's mask again

>blazing through it

>all the nostalgic shit I loved as a kid greets me and gives me a big sloppy kiss

>second day, raining starts

>reminded of all the cold rainy days when I'd be indoors playing MM and OoT

>reminded of the kafei sidequest, and also reminded that as a kid I didn't know that the kid wearing the keton mask was kafei, so I never took the quest further than getting the letter and putting it in the post box

>was worried getting through dungeons would take all three days

>it takes maybe a day and a half to complete each dungeon and get all the fairies out of it

>getting masks left and right from memory

this game is so fucking fun holy shit.

>favorite characters

I remember the Ikaana Canyon Skeleton Warriors and how much fun they were, I remember going back and fighting them multiple times, which was another great thing about MM; the replay value can be entirely spent on one playthrough, and the fact that everything resets allows you to do whatever you want to over and over until you're sick.

>>15720452

It felt like the first zelda-wandering around exploring and seeing how stuff worked. The dungeons were pretty anemic compared to the later zelda games, but you had lots of little popcorn like bites of minidungeons instead. Not necessarily better, but that coupled with the little forest spirits and whatnot mad me want to explore, because I knew that I'd find something beyond that X in the distance.

>>15723714

I definitely agree. Minish Cap was comfy as hell. I still daydream about being an inchling from time to time.

The soundtrack also is extremely nice.

Surprising amount of love for Minish Cap in this thread. BotW was suppose to have tiny people in the game but that got cut. I guess Link is too old to see Picori.

>>15720367

>>15720418

t. low-IQ pozzed brain

>favourite games?

Majora's Mask is my #1 fav. Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword and Breath of the Wild are my other top favourites too. The 2D ones are ok, but the 3D ones are where it's at.

>favourite characters?

If you can judge how much you like someone by how much you'd hate to see them leave you, then Zelda (from Skyward Sword) and Midna would be tied for my most favourite character. Knowing how much they both obviously loved Link, the scenes where they get (spoiler alert) sealed away and separated from him (SS Zelda temporarily at the temple, Midna in the mirror forever) really got to me the most.

>thoughts on the rumoured netflix series?

I hope it's just a rumour. Netflix is very sloppy at inserting multicultural casts into everything. Whether fans enjoy it or not. But if it does turn out to be true, I can only wish it's half as endearing as the vid I posted.

>will you main a zelda character in Ultimate? will link still be bottom tier?

Probably not. I'll give the newcomers like Inkling girl a shot before any veterans. Hopefully however, Link is actually good this time around. I'm tired of the lame excuse that the skinny elf is too "heavy and slow" because of "all the gear he carries". Bullshit. In BotW, the newest Link is light enough to float on fire smoke while carrying hundreds of weapons and armor.

>any personal reasons on why you like this series so much?

Personally, the 3D Zelda games just hold a very special place in my heart. Exploring Hyrule in 3D just feels very natural and nostalgic to me because Majora and Ocarina were some of the first 3D adventures I ever had. So being able to grow up with the series firsthand and watch the 3D Zeldas progress and advance throughout the decades has been a real pleasure.

>Netflix

Link is suddenly a gay transexual nigger, or a black negress, or heavy emphasis on extremely gay etc…

No thanks.

>>15728904

>a gay transexual nigger, or a black negress,

Why not both? Think of all the overlapping diveristies.

>>15720290

Touch screen controls are wii-tier bad for anything outside of a turn based game. They should be shot on sight.